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Heard victim beg (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pray

'beg' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'heard victim' is the wordplay.
'heard' shows a homophone (sound like).
'victim' becomes 'prey' (prey is a kind of victim).
'prey' sounds like 'PRAY'.

(Other definitions for pray that I've seen before include "May I ask" , "Supplicate, petition" , "Devoutly hope" , "Hope strongly" , "Address a deity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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